Ooh, ooh yeah, ooooh yeah Get your party gown Get your pigtail down Get your heart beatin' baby Got my timin' right Got my act all tight It's gotta be tonight my little School babe Your Mamma says you don't Your Daddy says you won't And I'm boilin' up inside Ain't no way I'm gonna lose out this time - oh no Tie your mother down Tie your mother down Lock your daddy out of doors I don't need him nosin' around Tie your mother down Tie your mother down Give me all your love tonight You're such a dirty louse Go get outta my house That's all I ever get from your Family ties, in fact I don't think I ever heard A single little civil word from those guys But you know I don't give a light I'm gonna make out all right I've got a sweetheart hand To put a stop to all that Snipin' an' grousin' goin' on all night Tie your mother down Tie your mother down Take your little brother swimmin' With a brick (that's all right) Tie your mother down - yeah yeah Tie your mother down Or you ain't no friend of mine - ooh no friend of mine - No no, ow, yeah, bad guy Ooh, your Mammy and your Daddy gonna Plague me till I die They can't understand it, I'm just a Peace lovin' guy Ooh, tie your mother down Tie your mother down Get that big big big big big big daddy out of doors Tie your mother down - yeah Tie your mother down Give me all your love tonight All your love tonight Give me every inch of your love - ooh All your love tonight Yeah, gotta get my timin' right hey Ooh, all your love Tie your mother down
"Tie Your Mother Down" is a song by the British rock band Queen, written by lead guitarist Brian May. It is the opening track and the second single from their 1976 album A Day at the Races. On its original release as a single in 1977 the song peaked at 31 in the UK Singles Chart, however more than 20 years later it was released as a double a-side to "No-One But You (Only the Good Die Young)" where it reached 13 in UK Singles Chart. On the album the song is preceded by a one-minute instrumental intro featuring a Shepard tone melody, which is reprised in the ending of "Teo Torriatte": this was intended to create a "circle" in the album, typical, for example, of Pink Floyd's albums.
After its release in 1976, it was played by Queen on every subsequent tour. At the 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, the song was co-performed by Queen and guests Joe Elliot and Slash. On several occasions in the recent years, Brian May and Roger Taylor have played this song live with the Foo Fighters, including performances at Queen's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2001, and the VH1 Rock Honors in 2006.
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